Summary: News Chat Lots of talk about the meta, balance, and a TON of feedback from Ben Brode and the Hearthstone Design Team Biggest complaints are: Aggro and Shaman Aggro: Feels bad to lose game after game without really having a chance if your opponent draws correctly and you don’t Shaman: This class has been powerful and diversified (multiple strong ways to play it) for quite a while now. Big Brode Bullet Points Worst diversification in HS was Undertaker Hunter, being played 35% of all games 17% of all games have Shaman in it (30% at legend) Highest winrate of any deck was Undertaker Hunter at 60% Current winrate of Aggro Shaman is 53% What do you do with all this? Let data inform your feelings If you’re sick of Aggro Shaman, play Control Warrior/Shaman Use a tracker! (So far this month, I’ve played 47 games. 4 of those were Aggro Shaman (9%), 10 were Pirate Warrior (21%)) Topic Deck battle! What are Deck Battles? We do these Deck battle episodes once a month. Guest hosts bring on their favorite deck onto the show, and break it down for you. What cards, how it works, and why they like playing it. Best of 3 battle against me, live on the show. Twist: I always use the current Reigning Champion Deck of the show The last deck a guest host brought onto this show and won with. The Happy Hearthstone Hall of Fame! Decks that have beaten 3 challengers in a row! Dan Patriss' Beastmaster Hunter Deck (Mar 2014) My Very Own Warlock Demon Zoo Deck (Mar 2016) Craig's Dragon Priest (Sep 2016) Defending Champion Deck Jarret: Future-Proof Tempo Mage December 2016 Episode 83 The Challenger's Deck The Theme Reno Mage, with an unexpected win condition How It Wins Stall the game and setup Reno/Ice Block Combo and be ready for your “swing turn” The Key Cards Reno Jackson & Ice Block + “Secret Weapon” The Duel Reminder of the defending deck Trash talk Best of 3 series We'll be right back. The Aftermath Who won How close was it? What were important moments? What went wrong/right for the challenger deck? Was this a good representation of the challenger deck's strengths? Congratulate the winner Community Question Jarret (from ep 83): Now that Mean Streets is out, what card where you "meh" about that you now love? For me it's Jade Swarmer. I didn't think about it's potential in N'Zoth Rogue; it's basically a more efficient and on-curve Twilight Summoner. iTunes Review That’s Incredible - 5 Stars - thegaryscottLove this podcast. Listen every week. Card of the Week Molten Giant….. No… Seriously! Guest Plugs Twitter: @ZerotioHS Twitch: Twitch.tv/ZerotioHS Hero Power: HeroPowerHS.com
